NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — At Friday night’s live performance, singers Dan and Shay weren’t the only stars of the clearly show.
“So it’s genuinely everybody’s park and it is really Nashville’s signature urban park,” stated Tim Netsch. Although all eyes ended up on the band, he focused elsewhere. “I’m likely to be seeking total, just how it works, how men and women circulate as a result of the park, and how it functions.”
That is since the park hosted its largest live performance to day just following completing a major renovation. “Phase Two was about an $11 million challenge- $5 million of that was offered by the Centennial Park Conservancy and the remainder was provided by Metro Nashville- the taxpayers of Nashville,” explained Netsch, the Assistant Director for Scheduling and Amenities Improvement at Metro Parks.
The 19-acre zone of renovations sits in the heart of Centennial Park. It consists of new walkways, lights and far more than 150 trees.
“It took a long time. Just the design phase alone took about eighteen months,” explained Netsch.
In the past, massive crowds and heavy rain spelled hassle. “So on the great lawn as element of the Stage Two job it now has an underground drainage program, we have extra soil amendments and we have acquired Bermudagrass below,” explained Netsch. “So it really is practically like a professional sports activities industry.”
He claimed the updates will allow for the park to host extra large-scale occasions like this just one in the upcoming. “What we’ve tried out to do is to preserve and boost all of the things that people today have constantly cherished about Centennial Park while including new functions like these walkways with Crab Orchard stone, plazas and benches.”
Section A few types are predicted to start shortly which will contain a new functions pavilion on the north conclude of the park.
